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Local Governments and Disaster Risk Reduction : Good Practices and Lessons Learned

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INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Edité par UNISDR. Genève (Suisse)

The idea of publishing a compilation of good practices and lessons learned by local governments in disaster risk reduction emerged from a consultative meeting held in Barcelona in May 2008 between UNIDSDR, UNDP, the ILO International Training Centre and the Advisory Group of the Local Government Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction. The compilation showcases the essential roles played by local and regional authorities in locaddressing disaster risks at sub-national and local levels, but also the challenges and constraints to sustain or scale-up these efforts. It makes the case for increased local-level risk reduction action, and is aimed to stimulate more interest and commitment in this area from governments, practitioners, policy and decision makers. The selected case studies in this compilation cover a wide array of policy areas, from risk assessment to recovery and from building structures to water resource management. Each one illustrates the important roles that local governments should play for various aspects of disaster risk reduction.

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